Best beers of September 2015

Sunturnbrew
Sunturnbrew
Finnish: Koskipanimo’s JFK (named after James Finlayson, not the late president) is a multi-hopped wheat ale with more than a little hint of smoke in its taste. A nice discovery at Stone’s, and certainly one of the brewery’s best new products.

Overall: I had no expectations regarding Nøgne Ø’s Sunturnbrew while browsing the chalkboard at Ølhus København, apart from the eyebrow-raising voltage, there was little to stand out. How wrong I was, this is easily one of the greatest beers sampled in the whole year. A heavily smoked yet sweet rauchbier, whose high ABV reveals serious barley wine-properties. The taste is complex and varies as the liquid warms, with new flavours subduing the preceding.

FI: Kaksi savuista olutta. Toinen loistokas ja toinenkin niin hyvä, että uusintaottelu on tarpeen.

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